Hepatosplenic candidiasis imaged with F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 439-440

  Teyton, Pierre ^a,b   Baillet, Georges ^a   Hindié, Elif ^a   Filmont, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Sarandi, Farid ^a   Toubert, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Moretti, Jean Luc ^a  

^a Universite Paris 1   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; F 18 FDG PET CT; Infection

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENIC CANDIDIASIS; HUMAN; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650630945     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a7cfba     Document Type: Article

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